RE: Using a DirectTV antenna for a WiFi link?
Haudy Kazemi <[email protected]>
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At 04:11 PM 12/23/2004 -0800, Dennis wrote: >>>> Thanks, Matt. This site has a lot of good information. One or two of my questions, below, are still open issues for me, however. Questions 3 & 4, specifically. If anyone can give me input on these, I'd appreciate it. Dennis Gallagher Woods Creek Wholesale Nursery Monroe, WA www.woodscreeknursery.com 3. I assume that the outer metal part of the N-Chassis connector should be electrically connected to the metal of the DirectTV antenna. Is that right? <<<< I think that will depend on how you are 'feeding' the dish. If you're using the biquad feed as shown with the Primestar example I don't think it needs to be connected. Just copy the Primestar feed method. >>>> 4. The antenna itself will be mounted on a PVC pipe so it will not be connected to true ground. Is that OK? That should be okay, however hopefully your PVC pipe is stiff and short enough to not move around much under the wind loads. Dishes are highly directional with generally < 10 degree beamwidth, so movement under wind conditions could make or break your link. Perhaps you can use rigid/IMC conduit (not EMT conduit) or pipe instead of PVC? -Haudy Kazemi _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk